Knowledge can be shared, but it can also be the cause of conflicts, as amply demonstrated in the first four articles in this edition of the DPU Quarterly. We present an interview with Professor Dietrich Benner from Humboldt University, who explains the six types of knowledge and show how political conflict can arise from clashes between various forms of knowledge. This leads into the question of knowledge and legitimacy; in her interview, Anne-Marie Eggert Olsen elaborates on knowledge versus non-knowledge. She finds that the latter plays much too large a role in today's political decision-making, with politicians basing critical decisions on gut feelings and the mood of the day.

Coming at this from another angle, Jude Carroll examines the problems that arise in the educational system when students fail to acquire knowledge but copies text instead. They copy papers or buy them from professional ghost writers. Carroll explains why students and educational institutions have different views on copying, and points to some ways to solve the conflict. The final article about this topic outlines an emerging conflict between universities and political regimes. Edward Vickers, who lived and worked in Hong Kong for six years, warns us that collaboration between Western and Chinese universities may well come at a dear price for Western researchers who think they can speak freely.

Straying from the main theme of this issue, Frede V. Nielsen explains why the Mozart effect may be just a myth. It is a widespread and popular belief that children learn the traditional subjects better if they also have music in school, but this is a dangerous argument to use for those who advocate better music teaching in schools. Helle Rabøl Hansen is a PhD-student, and she writes about social aspects of bullying. The silent acceptance by on-lookers is a necessary ingredient for bullying in schools to take place at all. Therefore, bullying is much more a social phenomenon than an individual one, Helle Rabøl Hansen explains. And finally we have talked to two researchers behind the Workplace Guidance project, Peter Plant from the DPU and Pamela Clayton from Glasgow University. The aim with their project is to segue vocational counselling into the workplaces for the benefit of the low-wage workers, who rarely take the time off to meet the vocational counsellors on their own volition. The project was recently awarded the EU's prestigious Leonardo Award.

And in closing: You may have noticed that the DPU Quarterly is now The Danish School of Education Quarterly. The reason is that from 1 June, the DPU has been a part of Aarhus University, and we are therefore now a university school rather than a university. What we do here has not changed, however, and so the Quarterly should look familiar too. It is our hope that our readers appreciate this, and that you will all continue to enjoy the Quarterly.

Pleasant reading

Lars-Henrik Schmidt
Editor-in-chief and Dean, Danish School of Education, Aarhus University